Chemical Industry Weekly News Round-Up, September 10

3:10 PM MDT | September 10, 2010 | Vincent Valk

This Week on CW: Air Products raised its offer for Airgas. Airgas rejected it. Methanex is restarting methanol production in Medicine Hat, Alberta. In other news, Medicine Hat, Alberta is probably the coolest city name in North America. A study by ACC and Accenture finds that chemical buyers value product quality and reliability more than price. Ethylene demand growth is expected to outpace prior forecasts due to strong economic recovery, especially in Asia, according to a new study. The Dow Jones Sustainability Index ranked AkzoNobel as the world's most...